I used to think that seniority was a terrible thing when I didn’t have any.
BOB DOLEI’m not a Gingrich fan. He’s just difficult to work with. It’s either Newt’s way or the highway.
More Bob Dole Quotes
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Political advice is a bit like your average Christmas fruitcake: something everyone gives and no one wants.
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President Ronald Reagan on his 1980 opponent: “I had a dream the other night. I dreamed that Jimmy Carter came to me and asked why I wanted his job. I told him I didn’t want his job. I want to be President.”
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This is not a coincidence. This is not a coincidence. And with all due respect, I am here to tell you it does not take a village to raise a child. It takes a family to raise a child.
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I mean, there’s always somebody in somebody’s administration who jumps out early, sells a book, and goes after the guy who hired him. I don’t know if that’s good. It may be good business; it’s not good politics.
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There they are. See no evil, hear no evil, and…evil.
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President Obama came to visit me in the hospital. He said, ‘I wish you were still in the Senate; I need your help.’ I’m not certain I can help on everything. Maybe some things.
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This is not politics… it’s to protect the innocence of children.
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If we added up the killed and wounded from the Democrat wars in this country, it would be about 1.6 million Americans.
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The horizon is out there somewhere and you keep chasing it, looking for it and working for it.
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I don’t know how many people run for vice president and president and lose both.
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Elizabeth’s back at the Red Cross, and I’m walking the dog.
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It’s a lot more fun winning. It hurts to lose…
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Having been in Congress, you know that’s part of our responsibility the constituent has a problem, We’re supposed to write back and say, ‘Well I can’t do anything’ That’s not what they elect you for.
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One of my most often repeated quips was the one I made when former Presidents Carter, Ford and Nixon stood by each other at a White House event. ‘There they are,’ I said. ‘See no evil, hear no evil, and . . . evil.’
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I will seek the presidency with nothing to fall back on but the judgment of the people, and nowhere to go but the White House or home.
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